40/29's Jonathan Rozelle was in Springdale where the railroad company says it's taken several stops to make sure it will be a safe ride.

40/29's Jonathan Rozelle was in Springdale where the railroad company says it's taken several stops to make sure it will be a safe ride.

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Updated: 6:37 PM CDT Oct 22, 2014

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WEBVTT IT'S TIME TO TAKE ACTION. LIVE, LOCAL, LATEBREAKING. THIS IS 40/29 NEWS AT 6:00. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THAT PLANE CRASH, PEOPLE WILL BOARD THAT EXCURSION TRAIN TOMORROW. TOMORROW, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THURSDAY, THESE TRAIN CARS WILL BE FILLED WITH PEOPLE TAKING THE EXCURSION TRAIN FROM SPRINGDALE TO VAN BUREN. THE FOLKS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS A SAFE TRAIN. THIS WAS A VERY UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED ONCE IN 28 YEARS. OF COURSE WERE GOING TO BE TAKING ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT MEASURES TO ENSURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. POLICE CHIEF RON SPARKS SAYS CREWS WILL -- REPLACED ABOUT 39 FEET OF RAIL ON THE TRACKS WHERE THE TRAINS CRASHED INTO EACH OTHER. IT JUST ROLLED THE RAIL OVER, SO RATHER THAN TRY TO FIX IT OR REPAIR IT, WE JUST REPLACED THAT SECTION OF RAIL. BUT HE SAID LATER THAT NIGHT THEY HAD A FREIGHT TRAIN DRAGGED THE TRACK. WE'VE HAD A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION. THEY HAVE CLEARED ALL OF OUR CARS AND THEY HAVE CLEARED ALL OF OUR TRACK TO BE SAFE. BUT SHE SAYS THE TRACK INSPECTOR WILL TRAVEL AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S TRAIN RIDE TO MAKE SURE THE TRACK IS CLEARED OF ANY DEBRIS. WE DO THIS WHENEVER THERE ARE STORMS. THERE COULD BE LAMBS, DEBRIS BLOWN FROM STORMS. HE SAYS SEVERAL OF THE TRAIN CARS INVOLVED IN LAST WEEK'S TRAIN WRECK WILL BE USED TO HAUL PASSENGERS, BUT HAVE BEEN DEEMED SAFE.

Excursion Train To Resume Route After Accident

40/29's Jonathan Rozelle was in Springdale where the railroad company says it's taken several stops to make sure it will be a safe ride.